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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
day week or month
protein and fat
fats
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
2. Sources of fats
dark green - orange - drybeans
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
3 cups
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
3. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
one tspn salt or less
protein
milk - enriched grains
4. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
protein and fat
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
milk - enriched grains
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
5. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
diet recall
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
day week or month
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
6. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fats
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
500 cal/day
7. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
can consume more calories without weight gain
trans fatty acid
300 cal/day increase
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
8. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
300 cal/day increase
2.5 cups
can consume more calories without weight gain
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
9. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
300 cal/day increase
B and C
one tspn salt or less
10. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
diet recall
starches - sugars - and cellulose
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
11. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
300 cal/day increase
starches - sugars - and cellulose
cream cheese - cream or butter
12. What is normal BMI?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
18-25
rickets - osteomalacia
300 cal/day increase
13. Name six sources of grains
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
500 cal/day
4 calories/gram
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
14. What type of people need extra protein?
5.5 ounces/day
one week period
4 calories/gram
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
15. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
rickets - osteomalacia
vitamin K
prealbumin levels
milk - enriched grains
16. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
17. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
protein and fat
antioxidant - immune function
18. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
dairy and fortified foods
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
6 oz. a day
4 calories/gram
19. What function is vitamin D?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
fats
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
atrophy or wasting of muscle
20. What is the function of vitamin C?
pregnant women or elderly
B and C
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
21. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
starches - sugars - and cellulose
vitamin C - citrus fruits
hemorrhage
22. When does BMR increase?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
prealbumin levels
trans fatty acid
23. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
pregnant women or elderly
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
prealbumin levels
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
24. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
starches - sugars - and cellulose
day week or month
essential amino acids
25. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
26. What is RDA of protein?
hemorrhage
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
one tspn salt or less
2.5 cups
27. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
essential amino acids
6 oz. a day
4 calories/gram
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
28. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
diet recall
decrease in total lymphocyte count
milk - enriched grains
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
29. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
milk - enriched grains
pregnant women or elderly
prealbumin levels
day week or month
30. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
fat soluble vitamins
diet recall
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
31. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
protein
vitamin K
milk - enriched grains
transferrin
32. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
TPN total parenteral nutrition
one tspn salt or less
essential amino acids
33. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
3 cups
dairy and fortified foods
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
34. How many calories/gram is protein?
one tspn salt or less
albumin levels
6 oz. a day
4 calories/gram
35. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
one week period
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
B and C
5.5 ounces/day
36. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
5.5 ounces/day
apple is higher risk than a pear
2.5 cups
37. Where can you get more vitamin D?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
decrease in total lymphocyte count
diet recall
dairy and fortified foods
38. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
review of systems
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
apple is higher risk than a pear
TPN total parenteral nutrition
39. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
4 calories/gram
protein
500 cal/day
40. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
trans fatty acid
protein and fat
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
41. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
18-25
protein and fat
B and C
5.5 ounces/day
42. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
TPN total parenteral nutrition
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
43. What foods have high quality protein?
300 cal/day increase
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
44. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
transferrin
albumin levels
apple is higher risk than a pear
vitamin K
45. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
46. When does BMR decrease?
albumin levels
prealbumin levels
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
47. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
B and C
carrots and sweet potatoes
48. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
review of systems
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
49. What are healthy sources of fats?
diet recall
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
protein
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
50. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
protein and fat
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
milk - enriched grains
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth